Pratyush,Pushpendra shine in U-17 cricket

All-round efforts by Pratyush Gupta (40 runs; 5 for 39) helped Lucknow Cricket Academy in defeating Safipur Cricket Club by 204 runs in the inaugural league match of the 3rd Safipur LCA State Under-17 Trophy cricket tournament being held at Unnao. In the second league match,a six wicket haul by Pushpendra (6 for 7) paved the way for a 76 run victory for Nagar Nigam Academy,Kanpur against NR Academy,Lucknow.

Brief Scores:- (1st match): LCA: 279 all out in 29.4 overs ( Rohit Kishore 64,Pratyush Gupta 40,Yash Vardhan Singh 38,Faiz Hasan 29,Hasan Sardar 28; Anurag Vimal 3 for 26,Aqeel Siddique 2 for 49,Ramakant Rawat 2 for 38); Safipur Club: 75 all out in 11.3 overs ( Anurag Vimal 34; Pratyush Gupta 5 for 31,Yash Vardhan Singh 2 for 9);

(2nd match): Nagar Nigam Academy: 178 all out in 23.1 overs ( Ghulam Gaus 54,Krishna 41,Pawan 23; Dhananjay Singh 3 for 39,Gaurav Rawat 2 for 4); NR Academy: 102 all out in 16.6 overs ( Surendra Singh 15; Pushpendra 6 for 7,Sushant Singh 2 for 33).